To:HIS SISTER ANNA

Published:First published in 1930 in the journalProletarskaya RevolyutsiyaNo. 1.

      Sent from Paris to Moscow.

      Printed from the original.Source:Lenin
	  Collected Works,

      Progress Publishers,1977,

      Moscow,Volume 37,

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March 9, 1909

DearAnyuta,

Iarrived in Paris yesterday evening (after a splendid
holiday in Nice) and read your letter of the 16th.

Iam sending corrections to signatures 10 and 11 of the
made-up pages. Only two are of importance. The title of
Bogdanov’s book isEmpiric-monismand notEmpirio-criticism. This misprintmustbe given special prominence in
the list of errata if it is too late to correct
it[1](I do not
know whether you received my postcard from Nice—I sent
two from there—in which I mentioned this misprint). The
other is on page 170, line 9 from the top—in the quotation
from Plekhanov the word “amy” is unnecessary.

Asregards giving the proofs to someone else—you are
right, of course, to take all the necessary steps, because
it would have been extremely difficult to combine such
painstaking and tedious work with the job of nursing Mother.
I can only express my amazement that the last proofs could
be exemplary under such working conditions.

Itis most important to me to get the book out as quickly
as possible. There has been a very great delay. It will be
unfortunate if it does not come out by March 15 (O.S.)!
As far as breach of contract is concerned, I don’t know
whether you can make a claim. I doubt it. And is it worth
while spoiling relations with the publisher irrevocably?
It is not.

Isthe absence of proofs in recent days due partially to
your having stopped sending them on account of my trip?
I hope that, and not a delay in setting and printing, is the
reason. Please send everything now.

Isee from Mitya’s letter that Mother’s health is
improving. At last! Many kisses for Mother and very best
regards to all.

Yours,V. U.

P.S.Please do not tone down the places against
Bogdanov and against Lunacharsky’spopovshchina. We havecompletely broken offrelations with them. There is no reason
for toning them down, it is not worth the trouble.

P.S.Give the “writer” athousandthanks for consenting
to help. It seems, after all, he is a realMarxistand not a
“Marxist for an hour” like some others. Immediately
present him with a copy of my book in my
name.[2]

[1]Themisprint was corrected in a list of errata at the back of the
book.—Ed.

[2]Therefollows, in the original, a list of the misprints.—Ed.